woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
1 edit | hmmmmmmmm............
As I have said before......Just die and go away....;)
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BlooMe
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
1 edit | AOL still deserves the attention.
I believe AOL still has close to 20 million customers. Those are a lot of possible advertising eyeballs. Granted most BBR users see no need for AOL but I'm sure we all know somebody who does. Aol is still the number 1 Isp in the nation, that counts for something. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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|  AOL at $25.90 or Netzero at $9.95
You can get unlimited dial-up access at Netzero for $9.95/mo. Why would anyone continue to use AOL at $25.90/mo.?? To keep their email address, that's why. For a small business, maybe that makes some sense(not much, but a little). But for home users, they must just like to throw their money away.
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Aleck79
join:2003-07-23
College Station, TX
| AOL losses customers every day...
AOL would make a killing if they could just cash in on those 20 Million Dial-up subscribers. I know they are trying to do AOL via roadrunner, which is a great use of all of the resources, but its not being advertised for shit. AOL needs to work on keeping the customers it has, and the only way I see that is converting to broad band. |
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joshpo
join:2002-09-24
Philadelphia, PA | You can now keep your email
I called yesterday to cancel service for a friend, and the rep informed me (to my surprise) that he would be able to access his same @aol.com email through their webpage after cancellation. There is now no reason to stay with AOL. |
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aztecnology
O Rly?
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA
1 edit | ?
Why hasn't Time Warner made AOL part of their RoadRunner service...? |
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Aleck79
join:2003-07-23
College Station, TX
| reply to joshpo
Re: You can now keep your email
there is no way AOL would give you free access to your @aol.com email after you canceled your membership. You probably missheard that you can with a like $5/month fee or something similar.
By the way, AOL's free email service is not on the AOL.com domain, rather it's at aim.com. So that eliminates that as a possible reason. |
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Aleck79
join:2003-07-23
College Station, TX | reply to aztecnology
Re: ?
they have to some extent, but have not been promoting it. Whereas they promoted AOL dialup like crazy, I have only heard about Road Runner with AOL on a couple radio commercials and a few web sites. |
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Goldman
join:2002-06-21
Maumelle, AR
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Seems that Time Warner, Roadrunner, and AOL could have combined into a worldwide internet juggernaut. But, in reality they combined names and proceeded to drop the ball. With all the content in the world and the number of subscribers that AOL had they should have been unstoppable.
I'm glad I didn't invest in that disaster. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | It's really astounding, considering the subscriber base and combined resources at their disposal, they they didn't become a broadband god.... |
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bmn
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Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
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Re: AOL at $25.90 or Netzero at $9.95
Not really if you actually use everything that AOL offers... $25.90 to keep their email address, to have parental controls, their "security center", etc. actually makes sense if the subscriber is using all of those features... Netzero, on the other hand, doesn't offer those at all.
I'm no fan of AOL and its walled garden approach, but the number of features they offer can make the price worth while if you need them.
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Aleck79
join:2003-07-23
College Station, TX
1 edit | reply to Goldman
Re: ?
yeah, but remember that Time Warner Cable is not available everywhere in the States. I really don't think they need to be raising the price again. All that will do is just piss of more customers that were already pissed off from the previous price increase not very long ago. Find somewhere else you can cut costs, another price increase is suicide.
Edit: Karl, do you think that the structure of the company has anything to do with it? AOL and Time Warner Cable are set up as 2 individual companies, completely autonomous from each other. They just happen to be owned by the same parent company, Time Warner. Also didn't seem like Time Warner, doesn't really look after its 'little brother' AOL. |
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slcpd6469
join:2003-09-25
Saint Louis, MO
·Charter Pipeline
1 edit | reply to Aleck79
Re: You can now keep your email
I haven't paid an AOL bill since version 3.0 was released. They have also never sent me a bill. I can still use all my accounts just fine web-mail or sign on through the program. Its not like I want to use it but I know if Charter goes down I always have a free dial-up back-up. And no its not a aim.com address its ******@aol.com |
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ricep5
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join:2000-08-07
Jacksonville, FL
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| reply to Goldman
"BBR seeking relevancy by disclaiming AOL"
"BBR seeking relevancy by disclaiming AOL" should be the next headline.
Perhaps there should be a generic post I could place that tells people that AOL was never and still isn't an ISP. They are a dial up (now broadband) content provider.
I can get AOL dial up in the most remotest regions of the world. I found a AOL POP near a beach in Africa where nothing else existed. On the west coast of Ireland where Eirecom cell service was spotty at best.
Value added content that I pay only 1 fee for. U2 streamed live without drop outs. CNN and ABC News video feeds were always free on AOL, always. Newspaper sites with logins, forget about it!
For families they have a controllable filter with logging so your kid can browse at times you pick and you can check their habits.
Is it all replicable by other means, oh absolutely! But not many can provide all of that with just 1 fee per month and not have to call your techie cousin on the phone to work it out.
AOL actually has a very robust national network backbone. I am not sure why they are "reannoucing" their broadband deals with telcos, they have had them long before the ad campaign started. AFter all its about delivering the content, not building an infrastructure.
Why didn't they merge with TW Cable? Easy, consent decree. AOL-TW was barred from entering the phone business or starting any bb provider services w/o opening their own network first. They chose to partner instead.
Sometimes I wonder what BBR would have to talk about if AOL did die? |
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Chinabound
Premium
join:2002-12-21
Antioch, IL
clubs: | That would be China.
Great post, by the way. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to ricep5
quote:
Sometimes I wonder what BBR would have to talk about if AOL did die?
The death of AOL.
And then aardvarks. I think the site needs more discussion of aardvarks. |
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Pathfinder
Dazed Confused
Premium
join:2000-03-26
Mount Vernon, NY
·Verizon Online DSL
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said by ricep5  :Sometimes I wonder what BBR would have to talk about if AOL did die? Verizon. Front page 3 times a week. Rehashed over and over and over and over.................................
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joshpo
join:2002-09-24
Philadelphia, PA | reply to Aleck79
Re: You can now keep your email
believe it dude. they have completely seperated the dialup service from the screenname. AOL wants to be another portal just like yahoo etc |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
1 edit | reply to Pathfinder
Re: "BBR seeking relevancy by disclaiming AOL"
Help us out then and send broadband related news you'd like to see:
»/news
particularly about aardvarks. |
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Rob A
Same Old Jets
Premium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ
| Ridiculous
Do they really expect someone to pay 25.90/month for dialup when they can get something like 768K dsl for 14.95/month, or 3Mbps for 29.95/month? AOL's pricing is crazy, if people really need dialup, they aren't gonna get aol for that price. People would get something cheap since most dialup companies only charge $5-$10/month now.
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